Airdrie
Airdrie is covered by postcode district ML6. It is in the North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.
Every postcode in Airdrie, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 39
- Some can get gigabit: 113
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 610
- Ofcom gives no figure: 9
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 771 postcodes in Airdrie that ONS places, 39 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 113 have some that can, 610 can all get it and 9 have no Ofcom figure.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.8665, longitude -3.9724. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.
Postcodes without gigabit
39 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 12 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. ML6 6DD, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Airdrie?
At 610 of the 762 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 12 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. The nearest railway station is Airdrie, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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Sources: Ofcom Connected Nations; Scottish Government school list; NaPTAN. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
Are new homes being built in Airdrie?
18 of the 771 postcodes now in use in Airdrie came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Airdrie?
Ofcom reports on 762 of the 771 postcodes in Airdrie. At 610 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Airdrie?
The open schools at the postcodes in Airdrie (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Edward's Primary School300 m School website
- Tollbrae Primary School450 m School website
- Chapelside Primary School750 m School website
- Rochsolloch Primary School1.0 km School website
- All Saints Primary School1.0 km School website
- St Serf's Primary School1.1 km School website
- Victoria Primary School1.1 km School website
- Clarkston Primary School1.2 km School website
Source: Scottish Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each school opens its website, where the council lists one.
How far is the station from Airdrie?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Airdrie is Airdrie Rail Station, 700 m away in a straight line.
- Airdrie Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Drumgelloch Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Coatdyke Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Who runs Airdrie?
- Council
- North Lanarkshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Airdrie and Shotts (767) and Coatbridge and Bellshill (4)
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities.
Moving to Airdrie
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell North Lanarkshire about council tax Council tax, on northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
Airdrie postcodes
771 postcodes in use in Airdrie, by district:
That district is in the ML postcode area.
Check a Airdrie postcode
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Places near Airdrie
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Airdrie
- What is the postcode for Airdrie?
- Postcode district ML6, with 771 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Airdrie in?
- North Lanarkshire. Source: ONS.
- What schools are in Airdrie?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St Edward's Primary School, Tollbrae Primary School and Chapelside Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Margaret's High School, Airdrie Academy and Caldervale High School. Source: Scottish Government.
- Does Airdrie have a railway station?
- Yes: Airdrie station, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Airdrie?
- Ofcom reports on 762 of the 771 postcodes in Airdrie. At 610 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Airdrie?
- 18 of the 771 postcodes now in use in Airdrie came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. Source: ONS.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- National Records of Scotland localities
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Scottish Government school list
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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